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ArticleVaccines2021

International Efforts and Next Steps to Advance COVID-19 Vaccines Research and Production in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

Li Du, Meng Wang, Vera Lúcia Raposo

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Article in Vaccines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Li DuFaculty of Law, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa 999078, Macao.
Meng WangFaculty of Law, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa 999078, Macao.ORCID 0000-0002-2530-2836
Vera Lúcia RaposoFaculty of Law, Coimbra University, 3004-531 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-7895-2181
University of Macau · MOUniversity of Coimbra · PT

Funding

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences CP-030-2021University of Macau MYRG2018-00074-FLL
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Equitable and efficient distribution of COVID-19 vaccines continues to be a key issue in global health, and a targeted approach is needed to meet the World Health Organization's world vaccination targets. Although some low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are developing their own vaccines to address the distribution problem, legal and technical challenges have had a negative impact on productivity. This article explores relevant international legal instruments that can enable faster research and development of COVID-19 vaccines in LMICs, focusing on the role of biosafety standards, biological materials transfer, and key knowledge sharing. Our analysis has established that the potential of existing global health legal instruments has yet to be realized in order to close the productivity gap in LMICs and strengthen their vaccine manufacturing capacity. Additionally, mutual recognition of vaccine efficacy has become a new challenge for achieving global vaccination targets. We argue that the World Health Organization should continue its leading position by developing a more practical and targeted framework to help LMICs overcome challenges arising from technology transfer, knowledge sharing, and politics.

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COVID-19 vaccinesglobal health lawglobal vaccine certificateLMICsvaccine distributionvaccine equity

Identifiers

PMID35062703
PMCPMC8778286
OpenAlexW4200324745

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